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PURPOSE: GRANT PURPOSE THE FHCMD IN THIS GRANT APPLICATION SEEKS $425,000 IN FY2023 NOFO FHIP - PEI GRANT FUNDING TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE FULL-SERVICE FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES FOR MICHIGAN'S THREE MOST POPULOUS COUNTIES, WAYNE, OAKLAND, AND MACOMB COUNTIES, AS WELL AS TO EXPAND ITS FULL-SERVICE FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES INTO ST. CLAIR COUNTY. THESE FOUR COUNTIES ARE IN THE DETROIT-WARREN- DEARBORN METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA AND COMPRISE OVER 40% OF MICHIGAN'S POPULATION. THE PURPOSE OF THIS GRANT PROJECT IS TO ADDRESS SEVEN MAJOR FAIR HOUSING NEEDS AND IMPEDIMENTS: (I) PERSISTENTLY HIGH RACIAL SEGREGATION (THIRD IN THE NATION AMONG THE 50 LARGEST METROPOLITAN AREAS) AND RACIAL ISOLATION (HIGHEST IN THE NATION); (II) RACIAL DISPARITIES IN HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES; (III) DISCRIMINATION IN RESIDENTIAL APPRAISAL PRACTICES; (IV) USE OF OVERBROAD CRIMINAL RECORD POLICIES THAT HAVE A DISPARATE IMPACT ON THE BLACK AND BROWN POPULATION; (V) LANGUAGE BARRIERS FOR LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY (LEP) SPEAKERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE SPEAKING ARABIC AND SPANISH; (VI) FAIR HOUSING NEEDS OF A RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION; AND (VII) FAIR HOUSING NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (INCLUDING, THE WORKING POOR, MINORITIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, ELDERLY, REFUGEES, MIGRANTS, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AND THE HOMELESS).; ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED: ACTIVITIES TO BE PERFORMED TO ADDRESS THESE SEVEN MAJOR FAIR HOUSING NEEDS AND IMPEDIMENTS, THE FHCMD WILL ENGAGE IN THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES IN ITS PROPOSED WAYNE, OAKLAND, MACOMB, AND ST. CLAIR COUNTIES SERVICE AREA: (A) FAIR HOUSING TESTING (INCLUDING THE RECRUITMENT AND TRAINING OF NEW TESTERS FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS); (B) INTAKES OF HOUSING RELATED COMPLAINTS, INCLUDING THE INTAKE, INVESTIGATION, TESTING, ENFORCEMENT, AND RESOLUTIONS OF NEW FAIR HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS, AND REFERRALS OF NON-FAIR HOUSING COMPLAINTS; (C) FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENTS FOR THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, HOUSING PROFESSIONALS, MUNICIPALITIES, AND THE PUBLIC, INCLUDING POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION, LEP ARABIC AND SPANISH SPEAKERS, AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; (D) FAIR HOUSING BROCHURE DISTRIBUTIONS IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND SPANISH; (E) FAIR HOUSING ADVERTISEMENTS, INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN ARABIC AND SPANISH; (F) TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS, BLOGS, AND GOOGLE ANALYTICS REPORTS; (G) SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS, INCLUDING SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS INVOLVING THE USE OF OVERLY BROAD CRIMINAL RECORDS IN HOUSING (RACE DISCRIMINATION), LENDING DISCRIMINATION, DISCRIMINATION IN APPRAISAL PRACTICES, DISCRIMINATION AS TO NATIONAL ORIGIN/LEP PERSONS AND PERSONS NEEDING VISUAL AND HEARING ALERT REQUIREMENTS, AND THE FAIR HOUSING ACT'S DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; (H) REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (RA) AND REASONABLE MODIFICATION (RM) REQUESTS FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF THE AGING POPULATION WITH DISABILITIES; (I) REVIEW OF MUNICIPAL LAND USE/ZONING ORDINANCES FOR FAIR HOUSING BARRIERS; AND (J) APPEARANCES AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO RAISE MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, REQUIREMENTS, AND ENFORCEMENT. C. EXPECTED OUTCOMES THE FHCMD'S PROPOSED OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THIS GRANT PROJECT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS ANNUALLY (AND THROUGH THIS ENTIRE 3-YEAR PROJECT): A. CONDUCTING AT LEAST 150 FAIR HOUSING TESTS ANNUALLY (AND AT LEAST 450 TOTAL FOR THIS 3- YEAR GRANT PROJECT) (STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) #8), INCLUDING AT LEAST 4 NEW TESTER TRAINING SESSIONS ANNUALLY (12 TOTAL) (SOW #7); B. RECEIVING AT LEAST 200 INTAKES ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 600 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PROJECT) OF HOUSING RELATED COMPLAINTS (SOW #11), INCLUDING AT LEAST 170 ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 510 TOTAL FOR THIS 3-YEAR GRANT TERM) NEW HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS, AND THE INVESTIGATION, TESTING, ENFORCEMENT, AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMPLAINTS; THE EVALUATION OF AT LEAST 10 POTENTIAL COMPLAINTS (AT LEAST 30 TOTAL) FOR ENFORCEMENT (SOW #10); AND AT LEAST 75 NON-FAIR HOUSING REFERRALS (AT LEAST 225 TOTAL) (SOW #13); C. PROVIDING AT LEAST 15 ANNUAL FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 45 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) FOR THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, PROFESSIONALS, AND MUNICIPALITIES (SOW #14); AT LEAST 6 FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENTS (AT LEAST 18 TOTAL) FOR THE PUBLIC (SOW #15), INCLUDING POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION; AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR LEP ARABIC SPEAKERS (SOW #16); AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR LEP SPANISH SPEAKERS (SOW #17); AND AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (SOW #18); D. DISTRIBUTING AT LEAST 3,500 FAIR HOUSING BROCHURES IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND SPANISH ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 10,500 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #19); E. POSTING AT LEAST 12 FAIR HOUSING ADVERTISEMENTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 36 TOTAL FOR THE 3- YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #20), INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN ARABIC AND SPANISH; F. MAKING AT LEAST 12 TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND BLOGS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 36 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #21); G. POSTING AT LEAST 4 FAIR HOUSING BLOGS AND 4 GOOGLE ANALYTICS REPORTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 12 BLOGS AND ANALYTICS REPORTS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW ##22-23); H. CONDUCTING AT LEAST 7 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 21 TOTAL FOR THE 3- YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW ##24-29), INCLUDING 2 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS (AT LEAST 6 TOTAL) INVOLVING THE USE OF CRIMINAL RECORDS IN HOUSING (RACE DISCRIMINATION); AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO LENDING DISCRIMINATION; AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO DISCRIMINATION IN APPRAISAL PRACTICES; AT LEAST SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION/DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LEP PERSONS AND AS TO VISUAL ALERT REQUIREMENTS; AND AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT'S DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; I. MAKING AT LEAST 20 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (RA) AND REASONABLE MODIFICATION (RM) REQUESTS ANNUALLY (OR AT LEAST 60 FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD), FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF THE AGING POPULATION WITH DISABILITIES (SOW #30), AND THE INITIATION OF AT LEAST 5 RA/RM ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS (AT LEAST 15 TOTAL) (SOW #31); J. REVIEWING ANNUALLY AT LEAST 8 MUNICIPAL LAND USE/ZONING ORDINANCES (OR AT LEAST 24 MUNICIPAL LAND USE/ZONING ORDINANCES FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) FOR FAIR HOUSING BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS (SOW #32); AND K. APPEARING AND MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 7 OR MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS (OR 21 OR MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) TO RAISE MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, REQUIREMENTS, AND ENFORCEMENT (SOW #33). THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO INCREASE AND EXPAND THE FHCMD'S FAIR HOUSING SERVICES FROM ITS CURRENT PEI GRANT BY INCREASING FOR EACH YEAR THE NUMBER OF TESTS (135 TO 150); INTAKES (185 TO 200); DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS (150 TO 170); NON-FAIR HOUSING REFERRALS (45 TO 75); TRAINING EVENTS FOR HOUSING INDUSTRY (10 TO 15), POTENTIAL VICTIMS (4 TO 6), AND ARABIC AND SPANISH SPEAKERS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (NONE TO 3); BROCHURE DISTRIBUTIONS (1,500 TO 3,000); ADVERTISEMENTS (10 TO 12); SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS (4 TO 12); FAIR HOUSING BLOGS/CURRENT NEWS (4 TO 6); SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS (5 TO 7); AND RA/RM REQUESTS (15 TO 20). D. INTENDED BENEFICIARIES THE FHCMD'S ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL SERVE ALL 7 PROTECTED CLASSES UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT (RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX (INCLUSIVE OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY), DISABILITY, AND FAMILIAL STATUS). WHILE THESE 7 PROTECTED CLASSES WILL BE SERVED BY THE FHCMD'S FULL-SERVICE FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES UNDER THIS GRANT PROJECT, THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL ALSO EMPHASIZE THE FAIR HOUSING NEEDS AND THE IMPEDIMENTS TO FAIR HOUSING CHOICE FACED BY THE BLACK AND BROWN POPULATION. THESE INCLUDE GRANT ACTIVITIES SEEKING TO ADDRESS THE PERSISTENTLY HIGH RATES OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND ISOLATION, COMBATTING DISCRIMINATION BY LENDING INSTITUTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LENDING AND APPRAISAL PRACTICES, AND HALTING THE USE OF OVERBROAD CRIMINAL RECORD POLICIES BY HOUSING PROVIDERS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR FAIR HOUSING TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH TO LEP SPEAKERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE SPEAKING ARABIC AND SPANISH. THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE FAIR HOUSING NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION IN THE FHCMD'S FOUR COUNTY SERVICE AREA, MANY OF WHOM HAVE DISABILITIES AND NEED SERVICES, SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH RA AND RM REQUESTS TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN FULLY ACCESSIBLE HOUSING.; EXPECTED OUTCOMES: EXPECTED OUTCOMES THE FHCMD'S PROPOSED OUTCOMES OR PERFORMANCE METRICS FOR THIS GRANT PROJECT INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING RESULTS ANNUALLY (AND THROUGH THIS ENTIRE 3-YEAR PROJECT): A. CONDUCTING AT LEAST 150 FAIR HOUSING TESTS ANNUALLY (AND AT LEAST 450 TOTAL FOR THIS 3- YEAR GRANT PROJECT) (STATEMENT OF WORK (SOW) #8), INCLUDING AT LEAST 4 NEW TESTER TRAINING SESSIONS ANNUALLY (12 TOTAL) (SOW #7); B. RECEIVING AT LEAST 200 INTAKES ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 600 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PROJECT) OF HOUSING RELATED COMPLAINTS (SOW #11), INCLUDING AT LEAST 170 ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 510 TOTAL FOR THIS 3-YEAR GRANT TERM) NEW HOUSING DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS, AND THE INVESTIGATION, TESTING, ENFORCEMENT, AND RESOLUTIONS OF THE COMPLAINTS; THE EVALUATION OF AT LEAST 10 POTENTIAL COMPLAINTS (AT LEAST 30 TOTAL) FOR ENFORCEMENT (SOW #10); AND AT LEAST 75 NON-FAIR HOUSING REFERRALS (AT LEAST 225 TOTAL) (SOW #13); C. PROVIDING AT LEAST 15 ANNUAL FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 45 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) FOR THE HOUSING PROVIDERS, PROFESSIONALS, AND MUNICIPALITIES (SOW #14); AT LEAST 6 FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENTS (AT LEAST 18 TOTAL) FOR THE PUBLIC (SOW #15), INCLUDING POTENTIAL VICTIMS OF HOUSING DISCRIMINATION; AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR LEP ARABIC SPEAKERS (SOW #16); AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR LEP SPANISH SPEAKERS (SOW #17); AND AT LEAST 1 FAIR HOUSING TRAINING EVENT (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (SOW #18); D. DISTRIBUTING AT LEAST 3,500 FAIR HOUSING BROCHURES IN ENGLISH, ARABIC, AND SPANISH ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 10,500 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #19); E. POSTING AT LEAST 12 FAIR HOUSING ADVERTISEMENTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 36 TOTAL FOR THE 3- YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #20), INCLUDING ADVERTISEMENTS IN ARABIC AND SPANISH; F. MAKING AT LEAST 12 TWITTER/SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND BLOGS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 36 TOTAL FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW #21); G. POSTING AT LEAST 4 FAIR HOUSING BLOGS AND 4 GOOGLE ANALYTICS REPORTS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 12 BLOGS AND ANALYTICS REPORTS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW ##22-23); H. CONDUCTING AT LEAST 7 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS ANNUALLY (AT LEAST 21 TOTAL FOR THE 3- YEAR GRANT PERIOD) (SOW ##24-29), INCLUDING 2 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS (AT LEAST 6 TOTAL) INVOLVING THE USE OF CRIMINAL RECORDS IN HOUSING (RACE DISCRIMINATION); AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO LENDING DISCRIMINATION; AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO DISCRIMINATION IN APPRAISAL PRACTICES; AT LEAST SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO NATIONAL ORIGIN DISCRIMINATION/DISCRIMINATION AGAINST LEP PERSONS AND AS TO VISUAL ALERT REQUIREMENTS; AND AT LEAST 1 SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATION (AT LEAST 3 TOTAL) AS TO THE FAIR HOUSING ACT'S DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS; I. MAKING AT LEAST 20 REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION (RA) AND REASONABLE MODIFICATION (RM) REQUESTS ANNUALLY (OR AT LEAST 60 FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD), FOCUSING ON THE NEEDS OF THE AGING POPULATION WITH DISABILITIES (SOW #30), AND THE INITIATION OF AT LEAST 5 RA/RM ENFORCEMENT PROCEEDINGS (AT LEAST 15 TOTAL) (SOW #31); J. REVIEWING ANNUALLY AT LEAST 8 MUNICIPAL LAND USE/ZONING ORDINANCES (OR AT LEAST 24 MUNICIPAL LAND USE/ZONING ORDINANCES FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) FOR FAIR HOUSING BARRIERS AND IMPEDIMENTS (SOW #32); AND K. APPEARING AND MAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS AT 7 OR MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS (OR 21 OR MORE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS FOR THE 3-YEAR GRANT PERIOD) TO RAISE MUNICIPAL AND PUBLIC AWARENESS OF FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, REQUIREMENTS, AND ENFORCEMENT (SOW #33). THE FUNDS WILL BE USED TO INCREASE AND EXPAND THE FHCMD'S FAIR HOUSING SERVICES FROM ITS CURRENT PEI GRANT BY INCREASING FOR EACH YEAR THE NUMBER OF TESTS (135 TO 150); INTAKES (185 TO 200); DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINTS (150 TO 170); NON-FAIR HOUSING REFERRALS (45 TO 75); TRAINING EVENTS FOR HOUSING INDUSTRY (10 TO 15), POTENTIAL VICTIMS (4 TO 6), AND ARABIC AND SPANISH SPEAKERS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS (NONE TO 3); BROCHURE DISTRIBUTIONS (1,500 TO 3,000); ADVERTISEMENTS (10 TO 12); SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS (4 TO 12); FAIR HOUSING BLOGS/CURRENT NEWS (4 TO 6); SYSTEMIC INVESTIGATIONS (5 TO 7); AND RA/RM REQUESTS (15 TO 20).; INTENDED BENEFICIARIES: THESE INCLUDE GRANT ACTIVITIES SEEKING TO ADDRESS THE PERSISTENTLY HIGH RATES OF RACIAL SEGREGATION AND ISOLATION, COMBATTING DISCRIMINATION BY LENDING INSTITUTIONS IN RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LENDING AND APPRAISAL PRACTICES, AND HALTING THE USE OF OVERBROAD CRIMINAL RECORD POLICIES BY HOUSING PROVIDERS. ADDITIONALLY, THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL EMPHASIZE THE NEED FOR FAIR HOUSING TRAINING, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH TO LEP SPEAKERS, PARTICULARLY THOSE SPEAKING ARABIC AND SPANISH. THIS GRANT PROJECT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE FAIR HOUSING NEEDS OF THE RAPIDLY AGING POPULATION IN THE FHCMD'S FOUR COUNTY SERVICE AREA, MANY OF WHOM HAVE DISABILITIES AND NEED SERVICES, SUCH AS ASSISTANCE WITH RA AND RM REQUESTS TO OBTAIN AND RETAIN FULLY ACCESSIBLE HOUSING. FINALLY, THIS GRANT PROJECT SEEKS TO EMPHASIZE THE FAIR HOUSING NEEDS OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, INCLUDING MINORITIES, NATIVE AMERICANS, REFUGEES, MIGRANTS, BIPOC, LGBTQ+, AND THE HOMELESS; SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES: NONE
$425.0k 6/11/24